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Panama's geography has endowed the country with the ability to connect the world by both land and sea. By land, Panama's 75,517 km2 connect South America with Central America through its borders to the east with Colombia and to the west with Costa Rica. By sea, the country connects the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south thanks to the 82 kilometers of one of the most important engineering works in the world, the Panama Canal, thus accelerating and facilitating maritime communication and trade.
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Total population
4,351,270
Urban population
67.7 %
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Agricultural land
30.5 %
Perceived tenure security
73.2 %
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07 April 2023
Miembro del pueblo Ngäbe, el mayor de los pueblos indígenas de Panamá, Eliceo Quintero es un técnico altamente respetado y especializado en la aplicación de tecnologías de teledetección y sistemas de monitoreo para la gestión y administración de territorios indígenas. Miembro de la Coordinadora…
23 February 2023
Días pasados la Coordinadora Victoriano Lorenzo y el Movimiento de campesinos e indígenas de Panamá Este, se apersonaron al Ministerio de vivienda y ordenamiento territorial en la ciudad capital exigiendo respuestas a sus continuas demandas por el derecho a una vivienda digna y a la legalización de…
06 October 2022
Después de una larga lucha legal nacional e internacional el pueblo originario Bri Brí de Panamá recibió la noticia que la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH), admitió su demanda por el reconocimiento de los derechos de ocupación territorial ancestral en Bocas del Toro, región…
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The indigenous comarcas have their origin in the Guna Revolution of 1925, caused by the incursions of outsiders in search of natural resources and the abuses of the police authorities against the Guna -also called Kuna- people.
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30 September 2020
When Elivardo Membache, leader of the indigenous Embera people in Panama, heard of the highly contagious virus going around—causing people, especially elders, to get very sick and even die—one of the first things he thought to do was to close down contact between his people’s villages and the…
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